S.Korea diners, customers brace for higher prices due to palm oil squeeze
FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2022
At Kang Jung-a's fried chicken diner in Seoul, the kitchen staff is ready to fry up the tasty dish for customers. But due to last week's news of a cost-boosting ban on Indonesian cooking oil exports, she fears the day is not far when she will have no choice but to raise prices and risk losing customers.